Overall, 2016 was a strong year for Marvel Legends. Hasbro has continued to make strides working within the limitations of its budget and production line to produce solid figures that collectors of all ages can appreciate. Beyond that, 2016 saw the return of one of the pillars of Marvel comics to Marvel Legends: The X-Men. In appreciation, I wanted to chronicle my (mostly) praise for the best things about Marvel Legends in 2016.

(Note: I normally wouldn’t post a draft like this a year late, but I couldn’t bear the thought of my terrible “tier” puns in the leftovers section going to waste)

To paint a fully accurate picture of my 2015 in games, I felt the need to write up the games that I either didn’t finish, or aren’t finishable in the traditional sense. Some of them may have been game of the year contenders had I finished them, others, I played long enough without finishing to know that the would not be.

(Note: I normally wouldn’t post a draft like this a year late, but I couldn’t bear the thought of my terrible “tier” puns in the leftovers section going to waste)

The way I see it, it’s hard to call a game my “game of the year” if it wasn’t good enough for me to want to finish it (if possible). As such, my contenders list for 2015 game of the year is a bit shorter than it has been in years past. Looking back on the 2015 games I played and finished, I’m disappointed in myself for the glut of sequels. Of the eight games I finished that came out this year, over half of them were part of a series (having played it, I consider Bloodborne essentially the fourth Souls game) and of those The Witcher 3 is the “youngest” of them. I may have felt 2015 was a bit of a down year in gaming, but upon further inspection, I only have myself to blame. And with that ringing endorsement, here are my top 8 games of 2015.

I can’t say that I really like lists, but I do like ending a year (even though it’s now February) by recapping every game I played and finished that was released that year and attempting to organize them, as if they weren’t just in nebulous groups of “favorites”, “good, but nothing special”, and “meh”.

In the past two months, I played through Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Batman: Arkham Origins. Both of these games come from series that at one point in each of their respective lifespans, were among my favorites in video games. I was excited to play neither.